The Facts:

Mon Nov 17 12:31:17 CET 2014

On 17/11/14 12:20, david at gbenet.com wrote:
> On 16/11/14 09:43, Gabriel Niebler wrote:
>> David,
>>
>> it is not a gpg2 problem and it is also not relatd to modern versions
>> of your mail programmes. In my case Thunderbird 31.2 with
>> Enigmail 1.7 runs just fine with GnuPG 1.4.16. I also have GnuPG
>> 2.0.22 installed as gpg2, but I'm not actively using it. You don't need
>> to downgrade your Thunderbird, if it has problems signing and
>> encrypting mail, somthing else is amiss.
>>
>> I now think you may be hitting the pinentry issue Philip Jackson
>> reported several months ago. There seems to be a problem specifically
>> with pinentry-gtk2 and IIRC that's what you're using. You're on KDE, I
>> believe, so have you tried removing 'pinentry-gtk2' and replacing it
>> with 'pinentry-qt4'? If that doesn't work, could you try using
>> 'pinentry-curses'?
>>
>> Also, what's the content of your gpg.conf? (Just do 'cat
>> ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf')
>>
>> Best
>> gabe
>>
>>
> Gabriel,
>
> I had to reinstall again my 64 bit LXDE Linux. I created a brand new .gnupg folder and
> imported my private and public key. They are the only keys I have.
>
> But am stuck with the issue of "bad passphrase" I can not edit my keys - in fact I can't
> change anything with my keys. I don't even have gpg2 installed. So am writing on my trusty
> 32 bit LXDE Linux.
>
> I have no idea what's going on. I'm on Ubuntu LXDE. On both laptops. I will try your
> suggestions.
>
> I applied all your suggestions but still get "bad passphrase" the contents of my gpg.conf:
>
> david at laptop-2:~$ cat ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
> # Options for GnuPG
> # Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
> #           2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> #
> # This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
> # unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
> # modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
> #
> # This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
> # implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> #
> # Unless you specify which option file to use (with the command line
> # option "--options filename"), GnuPG uses the file ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
> # by default.
> #
> # An options file can contain any long options which are available in
> # GnuPG. If the first non white space character of a line is a '#',
> # this line is ignored.  Empty lines are also ignored.
> #
> # See the man page for a list of options.
>
> # Uncomment the following option to get rid of the copyright notice
>
> #no-greeting
>
> # If you have more than 1 secret key in your keyring, you may want to
> # uncomment the following option and set your preferred keyid.
>
> #default-key 621CC013
>
> # If you do not pass a recipient to gpg, it will ask for one.  Using
> # this option you can encrypt to a default key.  Key validation will
> # not be done in this case.  The second form uses the default key as
> # default recipient.
>
> #default-recipient some-user-id
> #default-recipient-self
>
> # Use --encrypt-to to add the specified key as a recipient to all
> # messages.  This is useful, for example, when sending mail through a
> # mail client that does not automatically encrypt mail to your key.
> # In the example, this option allows you to read your local copy of
> # encrypted mail that you've sent to others.
>
> #encrypt-to some-key-id
>
> # By default GnuPG creates version 4 signatures for data files as
> # specified by OpenPGP.  Some earlier (PGP 6, PGP 7) versions of PGP
> # require the older version 3 signatures.  Setting this option forces
> # GnuPG to create version 3 signatures.
>
> #force-v3-sigs
>
> # Because some mailers change lines starting with "From " to ">From "
> # it is good to handle such lines in a special way when creating
> # cleartext signatures; all other PGP versions do it this way too.
>
> #no-escape-from-lines
>
> # If you do not use the Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1) charset, you should tell
> # GnuPG which is the native character set.  Please check the man page
> # for supported character sets.  This character set is only used for
> # metadata and not for the actual message which does not undergo any
> # translation.  Note that future version of GnuPG will change to UTF-8
> # as default character set.  In most cases this option is not required
> # as GnuPG is able to figure out the correct charset at runtime.
>
> #charset utf-8
>
> # Group names may be defined like this:
> #   group mynames = paige 0x12345678 joe patti
> #
> # Any time "mynames" is a recipient (-r or --recipient), it will be
> # expanded to the names "paige", "joe", and "patti", and the key ID
> # "0x12345678".  Note there is only one level of expansion - you
> # cannot make an group that points to another group.  Note also that
> # if there are spaces in the recipient name, this will appear as two
> # recipients.  In these cases it is better to use the key ID.
>
> #group mynames = paige 0x12345678 joe patti
>
> # Lock the file only once for the lifetime of a process.  If you do
> # not define this, the lock will be obtained and released every time
> # it is needed, which is usually preferable.
>
> #lock-once
>
> # GnuPG can send and receive keys to and from a keyserver.  These
> # servers can be HKP, email, or LDAP (if GnuPG is built with LDAP
> # support).
> #
> # Example HKP keyserver:
> #      hkp://keys.gnupg.net
> #      hkp://subkeys.pgp.net
> #
> # Example email keyserver:
> #      mailto:pgp-public-keys at keys.pgp.net
> #
> # Example LDAP keyservers:
> #      ldap://keyserver.pgp.com
> #
> # Regular URL syntax applies, and you can set an alternate port
> # through the usual method:
> #      hkp://keyserver.example.net:22742
> #
> # Most users just set the name and type of their preferred keyserver.
> # Note that most servers (with the notable exception of
> # ldap://keyserver.pgp.com) synchronize changes with each other.  Note
> # also that a single server name may actually point to multiple
> # servers via DNS round-robin.  hkp://keys.gnupg.net is an example of
> # such a "server", which spreads the load over a number of physical
> # servers.  To see the IP address of the server actually used, you may use
> # the "--keyserver-options debug".
>
> keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net
> #keyserver mailto:pgp-public-keys at keys.nl.pgp.net
> #keyserver ldap://keyserver.pgp.com
>
> # Common options for keyserver functions:
> #
> # include-disabled : when searching, include keys marked as "disabled"
> #                    on the keyserver (not all keyservers support this).
> #
> # no-include-revoked : when searching, do not include keys marked as
> #                      "revoked" on the keyserver.
> #
> # verbose : show more information as the keys are fetched.
> #           Can be used more than once to increase the amount
> #           of information shown.
> #
> # use-temp-files : use temporary files instead of a pipe to talk to the
> #                  keyserver.  Some platforms (Win32 for one) always
> #                  have this on.
> #
> # keep-temp-files : do not delete temporary files after using them
> #                   (really only useful for debugging)
> #
> # http-proxy="proxy" : set the proxy to use for HTTP and HKP keyservers.
> #                      This overrides the "http_proxy" environment variable,
> #                      if any.
> #
> # auto-key-retrieve : automatically fetch keys as needed from the keyserver
> #                     when verifying signatures or when importing keys that
> #                     have been revoked by a revocation key that is not
> #                     present on the keyring.
> #
> # no-include-attributes : do not include attribute IDs (aka "photo IDs")
> #                         when sending keys to the keyserver.
>
> #keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve
>
> # Display photo user IDs in key listings
>
> # list-options show-photos
>
> # Display photo user IDs when a signature from a key with a photo is
> # verified
>
> # verify-options show-photos
>
> # Use this program to display photo user IDs
> #
> # %i is expanded to a temporary file that contains the photo.
> # %I is the same as %i, but the file isn't deleted afterwards by GnuPG.
> # %k is expanded to the key ID of the key.
> # %K is expanded to the long OpenPGP key ID of the key.
> # %t is expanded to the extension of the image (e.g. "jpg").
> # %T is expanded to the MIME type of the image (e.g. "image/jpeg").
> # %f is expanded to the fingerprint of the key.
> # %% is %, of course.
> #
> # If %i or %I are not present, then the photo is supplied to the
> # viewer on standard input.  If your platform supports it, standard
> # input is the best way to do this as it avoids the time and effort in
> # generating and then cleaning up a secure temp file.
> #
> # If no photo-viewer is provided, GnuPG will look for xloadimage, eog,
> # or display (ImageMagick).  On Mac OS X and Windows, the default is
> # to use your regular JPEG image viewer.
> #
> # Some other viewers:
> # photo-viewer "qiv %i"
> # photo-viewer "ee %i"
> #
> # This one saves a copy of the photo ID in your home directory:
> # photo-viewer "cat > ~/photoid-for-key-%k.%t"
> #
> # Use your MIME handler to view photos:
> # photo-viewer "metamail -q -d -b -c %T -s 'KeyID 0x%k' -f GnuPG"
>
> # Passphrase agent
> #
> # We support the old experimental passphrase agent protocol as well as
> # the new Assuan based one (currently available in the "newpg" package
> # at ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/aegypten/).  To make use of the agent,
> # you have to run an agent as daemon and use the option
> #
> # For Ubuntu we now use-agent by default to support more automatic
> # use of GPG and S/MIME encryption by GUI programs.  Depending on the
> # program, users may still have to manually decide to install gnupg-agent.
>
> use-agent
>
> # which tries to use the agent but will fallback to the regular mode
> # if there is a problem connecting to the agent.  The normal way to
> # locate the agent is by looking at the environment variable
> # GPG_AGENT_INFO which should have been set during gpg-agent startup.
> # In certain situations the use of this variable is not possible, thus
> # the option
> #
> # --gpg-agent-info=<path>:<pid>:1
> #
> # may be used to override it.
>
> # Automatic key location
> #
> # GnuPG can automatically locate and retrieve keys as needed using the
> # auto-key-locate option.  This happens when encrypting to an email
> # address (in the "user at example.com" form), and there are no
> # user at example.com keys on the local keyring.  This option takes the
> # following arguments, in the order they are to be tried:
> #
> # cert = locate a key using DNS CERT, as specified in RFC-4398.
> #        GnuPG can handle both the PGP (key) and IPGP (URL + fingerprint)
> #        CERT methods.
> #
> # pka = locate a key using DNS PKA.
> #
> # ldap = locate a key using the PGP Universal method of checking
> #        "ldap://keys.(thedomain)".  For example, encrypting to
> #        user at example.com will check ldap://keys.example.com.
> #
> # keyserver = locate a key using whatever keyserver is defined using
> #             the keyserver option.
> #
> # You may also list arbitrary keyservers here by URL.
> #
> # Try CERT, then PKA, then LDAP, then hkp://subkeys.net:
> #auto-key-locate cert pka ldap hkp://subkeys.pgp.net
> david at laptop-2:~$
>
>
> I had the same problem with Fedora-16 64 bit. All these people who keep saying they have had
> no problems do not make any contributions at all. I don't care if your system works - mine
> does not. The question is why on a Ubuntu LXDE 32 bit laptop my keys work - and on a Ubuntu
> LXDE 64 bit laptop I can not sign I can not encrypt? My private key was created and signed
> on a 32 bit Linux system - which fails to do anything on a 64 bit system. And when I don't
> install gpg2 I only now get one problem "bad passphrase." These are real "facts of life"
> that am having to deal with.
>
> David
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David, you really need to get into the habit of mentioning exact version 
numbers, and produce some output, as you see it in the shell.
It is virtually impossible to help anyone without further information.

Regards,
Tristan

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